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Book

Our stories, our voices : 21 YA authors get real about injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America

Call Number

  • 305.42 O938 TEEN (CEN)

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Edition

First Simon Pulse paperback edition.

Publication Information

New York : Simon Pulse, 2020

Physical Description

xii, 288 pages ; 22 cm

Audience

Age 14 and up.

Summary

In this collection of essays, young adult authors explore their experiences of injustice, empowerment, and growing up female in America. They explore themes on the intersection of race and gender; women and weight; first sexual experience; the devastation of rape culture; and much more.

Contents

  • My immigrant American dream / Her hair was not of gold / Finding my feminism / Unexpected pursuits: embracing my indigeneity & creativity / Chilled monkey brains / Roar / Easter offering / Trumps and trunchbulls / Tiny battles / These words are mine / Fat and loud / Myth making: in the wake of hardship / Changing constellations / The one who defines me / In our genes / An accidental activist / Dreams deferred and other explosions / Not like the other girls / Is something bothering you? / What I've learned about silence / Black girl, becoming

Subjects

Genres

Essays.

Added Authors

Amy Lynn Reed